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VI and V
Westcott's Religious Thought in the West;
a) VI, The Myths of Plato, b)
V,
Browning's View of Life (with
the poems referred to)

Composition

VI and V

A good precis. Letter to The Times on topics of the day. Essays on subjects taken from the term's work in History and Literature and
Economics; or, write on a picture studied, or on some aspect of nature.

VI
Essays on ethical and economic problems and on events and questions of the
day, or on any subject that interests you. Occasionally, twenty lines
of blank verse on some deed of heroism or aspect of nature.

English Grammar

VIEnglish Lessons for English People, by Abbot and Seeley pp. 190-219,
with questions set. Both forms parse and analyse every week.

V
a) Horae Subsecivae, by Dr. John Brown; b) and c) The Life of Charlotte Bronte and North and South by Mrs. Gaskell; d) A Crown of Wild Olive, by John Ruskin; f) Tennyson's Poems, Vol. I; f) Borrow's Lavengro; g) A Book of English Poetry: the contemporary poets.

VI and VAn Anthology of Modern Verse. Keep a Common-place Book for passages
that strike you particularly; learn a hundred lines of poetry; be able to
give some account of what you have read in each book, with sketches of
the chief characters.

English History
(See General History)

General History

VI and VA Survey of Modern History by H.W. Hodges pp. 1-263

VILegacy of Greece and Rome, by W. de Burgh pp. 126-157

Make summaries of dates and events. Use maps. Make charts. History Chart by
Lady Louise Loder. A Literary and Historical Atlas. A Classical Atlas.

VI and V
Mort's Practical Geography, pp. 77-88. The World-Wide Atlas
Know from Atlas (gazetteer and from Ambleside Geography Book V) something about foreign regions coming most into note in the newspaper, and in connection with history etc. studied. Summarise readings by memory maps on blackboard. For general information see Harmsworth's New Atlas.

VI and V
Specimens should be used in all botanical work, and experiments must be made. Keep a Nature Note-Book. Choose special studies from Furneaux's A Nature Study Guide. The Changing Year by F. M Haines: August to December. The Sea-Shore by W.
P. Pycraft, should be read in the holidays.

Astronomy

VIThe
Story of the Heavens, by R.S. Ball pp. 372-433.

VI and V
Follow
newspaper reports on astronomical subjects. Make charts of the changes
in position of the contellations visible.Half-Hours
with the Stars by R.A. Proctor

V
Flammarion's
Astronomy pp. 247-301, or, The Story of the Heavens pp. 1-68

Art Studies

VI and V
Studies from The Fesole Club Papers, by W.G. Collingwood pp. 121-144.
Studies of heads. Study six reproductions of works of J.F. Watts: see Parents' Review. Paintbox with specially-chosen colours and brush.

Musical Appreciation
See programme of Beethoven's music in the Parents' Review, September 1921. The Enjoyment of Music by A.W. Pollitt may be used.

Singing (see Programme of Music), or Two French songs; two Italian songs; two German songs. Two English songs, The National Song Book.
Christmas Carols.

DrillA Manual of Free-Standing Movements by H. D. Hassum. Ex-students take House of Education Drills. Hockey.

Work
Do some home or garden work. Make Christmas presents. Garments for Infants by Synge. Darn and mend each week. See the needs of the "Save the Children Fund". See also Scouting tests, Parents' Review (June 1920) in surveying, housecraft, handicrafts, etc. Qualify for at least the First Aid and Housecraft tests. School and Fireside Crafts by A. Macbeth.